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October 5, 2010  It was somehow fitting that the Matador at 21 Lost Weekend at the Palms in Las Vegas coincided with an appearance by renowned DJ Pauly D and his camera crew -- after two decades of thriving just to the side of popular culture, why wouldn't the label do the same at its own 21st birthday party?
Like the anniversary bashes Sub Pop and Merge threw for themselves in the past couple years, the event saw beloved dormant acts coming out of ret …Read on

October 1, 2010  Vaunted indie label Matador Records is celebrating its 21st birthday with a massive bash all weekend long at the Palms Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, and thanks to MySpace Music, you can watch a live stream featuring many amazing bands right here on this page, beginning Friday, Oct. 1, at 11:30 P.M. …Read on

July 19, 2010  BEST EPIC DANCE PARTY: MATT AND KIM"Saturday night Coney Island dance party, what is UPPP?" screamed Matt and Kim's Matt Johnson to thousands of writhing fans during the band's 8 p.m. set at Siren Fest on the Brooklyn boardwalk. …Read on

February 23, 2010  Ten years into a solo career that has outlasted two stalwart indie labels (Lookout! and Touch and Go), Ted Leo still writes songs like a guy who believes complex ideas require complex sentences -- or at least very specific ones. …Read on

September 11, 2009  Lots of musicians tweet -- but all that Twitters is not gold.
That's why you'll want to check out SPIN.com every Friday to see whose tweets we're reading this week -- then update your TweetDeck! …Read on

June 15, 2009  THE BEST
Best Guest Appearance: Springsteen & PhishPhish's festival closing set was a solid redux of their Friday night appearance. Trey, Mike, Jon, and Page played different songs, sure, but the formula was the same. Whimsical pop-rock that goes on long digressions into spacey funk that, eventually, arrives at major-key guitar crescendos before returning to the chorus. …Read on

January 14, 2009  Tuesday, January 20, Barack Obama will be inaugurated as President. And what better way to celebrate his arrival than with some great concerts?
Starting Sunday, shows are planned for various parts of Washington, D.C. Sunday night's star-studded Lincoln Memorial celebration is undoubtedly the pin-up. …Read on